Birthday bash

Alright it has been quite a while since I have posted anything. I am finally finding the time, well not time, I have had that, let's say motivation to get something posted. So here we begin...

A couple weeks ago we celebrated my dad's 60th birthday. They took the whole family up to the Zermatt resort in Midway. I really love going to that place, it is beautiful, the accommodations are nice, the food is great (although we didn't enjoy some of their food on this trip) and it is just a fin place. We started the day off with a little swimming before we had to meet for dinner. For dinner my mom had planned on us all going to Chick's cafe, this place is something else. It was actually fun to go there because my mom used to work there (my parents both grew up in Heber) and my parents probably had a lot of fun memories there. We had the whole backroom, thankfully, it got a little crazy towards the end and the kids were ready to get out of there (at least mine were).

Next we headed back to the Zermatt where my mom had rented a conference room and invited some extended family members. This was a surprise for my dad. It was great to have everyone there. My mom put me in charge of playing Bunco. It was CRAZY! You can't teach 40 people how to play bunco. It is kind of a game that you just have to learn by playing, so I was going to table to table to explain everything and by the time we were on the last round I think everyone picked it up (we only played 2 rounds).

It was a bummer because nobody got pictures of the party...what??? No party pics!

The next day we spent the morning swimming and just enjoying some relaxing (what you can do chasing around 2 kids). We rode the carousel, saw the goats and just hung around. After checkout we went to my grandparents house where my mom had planned a road rally for us to participate it. She had taken all of the memorable spots that my dad had growing up and incorporated them into the road rally. And guess who won?? Yeah my team, we were the fastest, probably because we didn't get the directions and rules down and kind of messed the whole thing up, but hey we won...:) Sorry mom. It was fun to see the spots that we did go to and see where my dad use to work, go to school, etc...

After the road rally we all pretty much made our way home. It was a fun celebration and a great time to be with the whole family. I love when we get to spend time with each other and everyone is there. Collin had to leave Friday night to go out of town so it was a bummer that he had to miss all the fun. Thanks mom and dad!

Nine years of complete bliss....

Alright, so here it goes, the famous anniversary post is about to begin. You know the cheesy, lovey dubby, posts we all make to our husbands on our anniversaries. I can't believe it has been 9 years for Collin and I, where has the time gone? It's crazy! It has been like I said, "nine years of complete bliss..." what do you expect being married to a guy like Collin, he is the greatest!Nine of my most memorable memories

1. Of coarse, the day we got married. It was a perfect day! The day was beautiful, the wedding ceremony was amazing, the luncheon was fab, the reception was a blast and you know what happens next...perfect! We couldn't have asked for a better day.




2. Our first year of marriage was awesome. We had our new little town home and life was just happy. We both worked bringing in a solid income and we acted like we didn't have any worries. (We probably should have saved a little more, but we sure did have fun) We went to movies whenever we wanted and just had a blast. We both also put on some weight due to the constant binging of Tostitos con queso dip.

3.Before Coop was born, we were able to go to Paris France. This was so much fun to be in this romantic city over Valentine's day. We had a great time.

4. The birth's of all of our kids. Each one is so different and I have such different feelings with all of them. Cooper it was our first, and we were so excited. We were so excited to start this new chapter in our life's. Then there was Bode. Ohh Bode! This is probably the delivery that affected us the most, at least me. After Bode had been delivered and I was experiencing some problems where I literally thought my life was coming to an end, I remember looking at Collin, and I will never forget the look on his face, so scared, so sincere. And LASTLY (really) there was Peiton. We were having a girl...yipee! And as long as we could get through the delivery smoothly, we were fantastic. After the delivery was over and we got the A-ok on everything, we were ecstatic!

5. The emotions of buying our actual first house. We were so excited! It was so much fun to pick everything out and even better to move in. We have loved our house and I will always cherish the memories we have in it.

6. The first time we bought a NEW car. We had always had these used, cheaper cars that worked out actually really well. But Collin took me car shopping almost 2 years ago and put me in the drivers seat of a Pilot. I was in heaven! I loved driving this brand new car, no squeaks, no stains, no nothing, brand new! Well and that was that for a couple of weeks, until he drove home one night and pulled it into our driveway. I was ecstatic! It was such a great surprise.

7. For Collin's 30th birthday party, I threw him a surprise party. This was such a memorable experience for me, because he had no idea and he was sooo surprised. It was such a fun night with family and friends. We had quite the crowd there.

8. We have had some awesome trips, they have all been so much fun. We have gone on killer family trips that have been so much fun. We have been on a few friends trips that have also been amazingly fun! One of the trips I am going to highlight right now is taking our kids to Disneyland 2 years ago. We had such a good time with our kids. It was so much fun to see their excitement. Collin and I our BIG amusement park fans, so we are super giddy when it comes to places like Disneyland. We try to get the most out of the park and spend all day there until they kick us out at night. I think we probably drove Collin's parents crazy, because we were non-stop!


9. My last memory would be just all the fun dates I have had with Collin. Our favorite thing to do is go to dinner and a movie. We both love the movies! We have had some great laughs at the movie theaters.
We have had some great memories over the past nine years. I am looking forward to all the many more we will have.

To celebrate our anniversary this year, we were able to go to the Zermatt for a night (thanks Holly). We had a blast!

We headed up early Friday afternoon and stopped at Park City and did a little shopping at the outlets (although, most of them aren't outlets anymore, kind of lame).

We went to the local Smith's and bought a BUNCH of junk for us to eat that night. And no lie, we pretty much ate it all!

This was a little surprise that was delivered to our room..(thanks again Holly).

We ate at Schnietter's restaurant which is located at the Zermatt. On Friday nights they have a seafood buffet. I am not a big seafood fan, but I was a big fan of this. It was excellent. Very high quality food. We ate ourselves sick. And then we went back and enjoyed all of the yummy snacks that we bought and ate ourselves sick again. It was well worth it though. We had a great time and felt very lucky to getaway without the kids and spend some time to ourselves. I love you babe and I appreciate all you do!